HC Deb 05 May 1882 vol 269 c227
MR. MARUM

asked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether, in view of the statement made by the First Lord of the Treasury in regard to the release of suspects, he will consider the advisability of not further detaining in gaol the Rev. Thomas Feehan, C.C.?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)

, in reply, said, that if this gentleman was detained under the Protection Act, it was covered by the general answer he had already given. If he was not detained under that Act, the circumstances of the case were different, and it could only be dealt with under the ordinary law.